Edwards Lifesciences Corporation operates in the Surgical appliances and supplies sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Edwards Lifesciences with three other
companies in this sector in the United States:
Steris PLC
(2015
sales of $1.85 billion
of which 75%
was Healthcare),
Steris Corporation
($1.85 billion
of which 75%
was Healthcare), and
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
($2.38 billion
of which 100%
was Surgical Instruments).

Sales Analysis.
Edwards Lifesciences reported sales of $2.49 billion
for the
year ending
December of 2015.
This
represents
an
increase of 7.4%
versus 2014, when the company's sales were $2.32 billion.
Sales at Edwards Lifesciences have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2010, sales have increased a total of 72%).
Sales of Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
25.1% in 2015, from
$943.60 million to $1.18 billion.
Not all segments of Edwards Lifesciences experienced an increase in sales in 2015:
sales of Surgical Heart Valve Therapy fell 5.0% to $785.00 million.
Edwards Lifesciences also experienced decreases in sales in
Critical Care (down 4.5% to $528.40 million)
.